Sport
Swimming
Sprint revolution: Why six more swimming gold medals could be up for grabs in 2028
Swimming officials and Olympic great Ian Thorpe want to see 50m backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke events in the 2028 Olympic program in Los Angeles.
- by Tom Decent
Latest
Silver in the Seine: How one tactical turn cost Australian swimmer gold
Moesha Johnson was ‘beaten up’ by the course, spiked by plants and gulping brown water. But she was within striking distance of Australia’s 19th gold medal when she made a choice.
- by Tom Decent
Stubblety-Cook broke his neck before winning Olympic silver medal
Zac Stubblety-Cook suffered a horrible injury late last year before knocking off a Chinese rival who he feels sorry for.
- by Tom Decent
‘Just getting started’: US reign again but Dolphins leave Paris with silver linings
The rivalry will continue in the four years to LA 2028, but head coach Rohan Taylor has one eye on the rest of the world after 13 countries won at least one gold.
- by Emma Kemp
Harris pinches shock silver as Australian women win another relay medal
Australia’s Shayna Jack was hotly favoured for a medal in the women’s 50m freestyle. Her teammate Meg Harris had other ideas.
- by Tom Decent
Exclusive
Paris 2024
‘He’s done nothing wrong’: Chinese prodigy’s Aussie coach tells doubters to take a closer look
Denis Cotterell is dismayed that aspersions are being cast on China’s newest Olympic champion Pan Zhanle.
- by Chip Le Grand
Analysis
Paris 2024
Trump, China and doping: Could USA’s power play cost them Olympic hosting rights?
The near-Orwellian powers of a US anti-doping act and subsequent protective action by the IOC threaten to disrupt the 2028 and 2034 Games in LA and Salt Lake City.
- by Roy Masters
Opinion
Olympics
Even better than gold, these Olympians have shown Aussie girls anything is possible
Until recently, girls have been dropping out of sports at record rates once they hit puberty, but this year’s Olympics are giving parents like me hope.
- by Shona Hendley
Can Australia finally beat the USA’s swimming medal tally? It comes down to the last day
The very last race on the Olympic swimming program on Sunday could determine whether Australia beats the USA on the swimming medal table for the first time in 68 years.
- by Tom Decent
Video analysis
Paris 2024
What you need to know about swimming’s most absurd and thrilling race
It’s one of the strangest spectacles in the pool – men and women competing together, large gaps and a thrilling conclusion. It starts with mathematics.
- by Tom Decent
McKeown just missed bronze – until a ‘history-changing’ video review
Kaylee McKeown finished fourth in the 200IM, but a dramatic DQ kept alive her streak of winning a medal in every event in Paris.
- by Chip Le Grand and Dan Walsh